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...fashions since the early '90s may find the switch to stripes a tough transition to make. We're used to the earnest complexity of the tartan and the understated intricacy of black-watch. It's not easy to leave behind the gridded blues, greens, reds and yellows for the linear turquoise and black...
...which transformation would you prefer? At age 47, would you rather be a linear extrapolation of your present self, or a radical discontinuity that no one but your family could trace? It would be nice to think that we have some choice in the matter, but the signs of success in one pursuit or the other come all too late. A friend of my father's once intended to take a still-frame photo of his face every day for 50 years using a movie camera. The idea was, as I understand it, to eventually play the entire reel from...
...pianists mark the greatest difference in personality between the two concerts. Rubalcaba possesses extraordinary virtuosity, and his technical facility is very evident throughout his performance. With his cascading solo lines and fluid, rapid-fire outbursts of notes, he seems extroverted almost to the point of brashness. His linear, lyrical sensibility and use of stylistic devices like tremolo octaves are very reminiscent of McCoy Tyner. But Rubalcaba's lines are even longer, and his touch more commanding, than that of John Coltrane's former pianist. Rubalcaba's improvisations are heavily patterned and rhythmically defined; even when adding dissonances or rubato...
BOSTON--Sedated and sand-bagged, a large gray-and-white dog named Poochie lies motionless on a gurney. His mouth is wedged open to allow the linear accelerator above his head to aim radiation directly at the malignant tumor blocking his nasal passages...
...addition to the linear accelerator that directs high doses of radiation at tumors like Poochie's, Angell boasts a state-of-the-art CT ("CAT") scanner to determine the size and shape of cancer areas and a three-dimensional treatment planning system to plan the radiation therapy...